[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 100 (Thursday, June 13, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4079-S4081]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
CONGRESSIONAL AWARD GOLD MEDALISTS
Ms. LUMMIS. Madam President, today I wish to congratulate this year's
winners of the Congressional Award. The Congressional Award was
established by Congress in 1979 and, for many years, has recognized the
spectacular achievements of young people in the areas of volunteerism,
personal development, fitness, and expedition.
The brilliant design of this program allows individuals to set their
own
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goals based on personal interest and work toward either a bronze,
silver, or gold certificate or medal. It is incredible to see what
young people can achieve when they are personally invested in setting
and achieving their goals. I am impressed to hear of the combined
impact and can only imagine the overwhelming benefits to communities
across the country.
It is a privilege to recognize the great work of this year's
recipients. I urge these young people to continue aiming high and
setting a positive example for their peers.
I include in the Record a list of this year's Congressional Award
Gold Medalists from around the country:
Alaska: Madeline Anderson
Alabama: Amanda Browning, Lily Hoyle
Arkansas: Abigail Catron
Arizona: Billal Abulfotuh, Adelina Grotenhuis, Thomasina
(Tamsin) Hurlbut, Zaid Jamal, Timothy Jiang, Payton Kelly,
Ronald (Ronnie) Keyes, Shea Lee, Colin Lifshitz, Mustafa
Nalbantoglu, Zack Okun, Borislava Panayotova, Cutter Papritz,
Sofia Reyes, Alyson Small, Elyzabeth Small, Mason Takeuchi,
Ivanna Viloria Enciso
California: Annika Agarwal, Nathaniel Arrogante, Emin
Aslan, Shijoon Bae, Adrian Baek, Zoey Bahng, Brianna Bailey,
Pravin Balasingam, Daniel Bang, Naim Bayraktar, Wolfram
Bikel, Lachlan Black, Reenie Cao, Tenzing Carvalho, Hyunwoo
Cha, Olivia Cha, Ethan Chang, David Chang, Shruti Chari, Mina
Chen, Steven Cheng, Hemkesh Chenupati, Emilie Chi, Alexander
Chiao, Jamie Cho, Jessica Cho, Nathan Cho, Nagyung (Anna)
Cho, Rosa Cho, Michelle Cho, Mason Choey, Ellie Choi, Minjoon
Choi, Samuel Choi, Sophia Chou, Taylor Chu, Chloe Chung,
Brandon Chung, Hatice Sevde Deniz, Diya Dipak, Claire Dokko,
Elliot Dokko, Jason Dong, Feodora Douplitzky-Lunati, Renee
Duan, Azra Erdogan, Madeleine Freeland, Aarushi Ghildyal,
Xinyue (Cindy) Gong, Sophie Gopen, Amita Gowda, Radhika
Goyal, Athena Guan, Aaron Han, Paul Han, Junhyeok Han, Yahya
Hasan, Xihao He, Qingchun He, Dia Hemanth, Katherine Hion,
Evan Ho, Jeongmin Hong, Eric Hong, Ian Hong, Daniel Hong,
Yixian Huang, Celine Huh, Cat-Tam Huynh, Jung Jin Hwang,
Priscilla Ibarra, Nolan Ironhill, Carter Jackson, Ria Jain,
Hanlee Jang, Shriya Janolkar, Jaeyoung (Ryan) Jeon, Ella
Jeon, Minhyeok Jeong, Noah Jeong, Eliana Jeong, Benjamin
Jiang, Claire Jin, Jaehee Jung, Jessica Jung, Heidi Jung,
Hailey Jiwon Kang, Shreyas Kapavarapu, Garrett Kath,
Sudhakhar Katta, Ava Khossravi, Julian Kim, Ryan Kim, Chloe
Kim, Rachel Kim, Stanley Kim, Daeyong Kim, Theodore Kim,
Baron Kim, Sean Kim, Eric Kim, Jonathan Kim, Hennah Kim,
Skyler Kim, Lauren Kim, Clair Kim, Christine Kim, Kayleen
Kim, Ivy Kim, Isaac Kim, Choyoung (Kaylee) Kim, Yoonho Kim,
Niklas Kinne, Amit Krishna, Shivam Kumar, Chris Kwon, Hannah
Lee, Eunchan Lee, Nicole Lee, ChunPo Lee, Jayden Lee, Ashley
Lee, Kunwoo Lee, Kayla Lee, Alexis Lee, Seongjae (Alex) Lee,
Claire Lee, Aiden Lee, Yennie Lee, Hyunmin (Paul) Lee,
Brandon Lee, Logan Lee, Nathan Lee, Angelina Lee, Hyunwoo
Lee, Nahyun Lee, Eunice Lee, Nayun Lee, Jeongwoo Lee, Ian
Lee, Tabitha Lee Chon, Michelle Li, Jessica Li, Qiuxian
(Lily) Li, Darell Lien, Ryan Lim, Zoe Lin, Vito Lin,
Sebastian Liong, Danny Willow Liu, Ziyi (Eva) Liu, Bryan
Louie, Audrey Lowell, Alex Lu, Mallika Maddukuri, Simon
March-Cunningham, Addison Marrs, Tejas Mathai, Mihir Mathai,
Robert McPhie, Xuefeng Mei, Ryan Min, Avery Mizrahi, Maya
Mohan, Antoinette Morales, Kea Morshed, Jane Moyer, Heeju
Nam, Sriya Neti, Yishan Ni, Alex Nicholson, Hyunmin Noh,
Ethan Noh, Abigail Norman, Justin Oh, Azra Oten, Matthew
Paek, Iris Paek, Ethan Paik, Noah Pak, Andrew Park, Michelle
Park, Michelle Park, Keilah Park, Joanne Park, Sydney Park,
Lena Park, Aiden Park, Gunwoo Park, Ryan Park, Arin Parsa,
Safia Peer, Shay Pema, Abhinav Penagalapati, Devyn (Divya)
Ponnuvelu, Arya Prince, Sanam Punjabi, Tengjie (Jay) Qiu,
Kate Quach, Tanush Rachamalla, Zachery Ramos, Maanasa
Ramprasad, Neel Rangan, Nevin Rao, Mahika Redla, Aidan Reyes,
David Rivera, Jonathan Ryu, Hoon Ryu, Simran Saluja,
Katherine Scannell, Jeremy Schabilion, Samyuktha
Senthilnathan, Sienna Shah, Sidharth Sharma, Anthony Shen,
HaJoon Shim, Chloe Shim, Yeonsu Shim, Christine Shin, Yuna
Shin, Hojun Son, Ryan Song, Jocelyn Soo, Jacob St. George,
Raymond Suh, Erin Ji Sun, Bridget Swineford, Emily Tae, Alex
Tak, Shiyan (Judy) Tao, Alyssa Taylor, Maia Tumbokon, Sashan
Umashankar, Sriram Vaidhyanathan, Ved Vedere, Tanya Vidhun,
Nathan Wan, Kylie Wang, Terry Wang, Tiffany Wang, Dylan West,
Aaron Won, Chelsea Won, Avery Wong, Andrew Woo, Jiyun Woo,
Kari Wu, Wenkai Wu, Jiaze (Leo) Xu, Adora Yan, Lindsay Yao,
Noah Yi, Jaewon (Justin) Yi, Boaz Earl Yoo, Calista Yoo,
Jaden Yoo, Jeremy Yoo, Hayley Yoon, Faith Yoon, Juneho Yoon,
Ethan Yoon, Allison Yu, Zihang Yu, Jackson Zagone, Zhongwen
Zhang, Wenyao (William) Zhao, Cindy Zhao, Ruiyu (Rayer) Zhou,
Jackson Zinn
Colorado: Seif Abouyoussef, Henry Bae, Elizabeth Batenburg,
Ria Ghosh, Gracie Woo
Connecticut: Reid Barry, Martin Jara, Ava Leshem, Alisha
Patel, Madeline Phelan, Emily Roy, Natalia Schaffer, Liam
Tomaszewski, Neha Tungaturthy, Zach Yung
Delaware: Nitya Singh, Anirudh Singh
Florida: Keziah Anderson, Jessie Baxter, Flavio Canello,
Caleigh Carter, Coen Chilver, Colton Chilver, Luke Cooper,
Landon Dabney, Clayton Didier, Zakaria El-Helw, Emily
Feichthaler, Keira Rose Finelli, Tarang Gaddam, Anjali
Gusani, Chase Hartman, Maddox Hoffman, John Humphreys, Jake
Julien, Jessa-Chloe Katzeff, Neeharika Kota, Aditya Krishnan,
Fisher Ledbetter, Calder Ledbetter, Robert Linton, Ramsey
McClure, Isabella Mendelson, Aaditya Nair, Arjun Nanduri,
Adam Oakes, Sophia Olsinski, Dhruv Pandya, Grace Pleinis,
Emma Rawlson, Aubrey Rosenhaus, Julian Sant, Ava Shelly,
Charles Stacy, Jonathan Steffen, Christopher (Thor) Warnken
Georgia: Katherine Elizabeth Aide, David Blanco, Ashley
Choi, Raine Cox, Jayden Daniel, Christian Flournoy, Lauren
Foglesong, Joseph Ivey, Rishi Jeyamurthy, Akhil Kalva,
Achintya Murugaraj, Sanjana Pawar, Danica Resha, Ella
Shaffer, Ananya Tadepalli, Pranavi Vedula
Guam: Julie Ann Laxamana
Hawaii: Barbara Goldyn, Jay Rhymer
Iowa: Alexander Hennig, Tiff Lieberman, Nadia Patel
Idaho: Ireland Clark, Elliott Lochard
Illinois: Grace Catherine Bourbon, Christian Goodall, Cora
Koch, Anne Reidenbach, Bela Sanghavi
Indiana: Liam Blank, Audrey Booher, Zoe Carpenter, Aditi
Dey, Brandon Kruger, Theodore Lach, Thomas S. Pemberton
Kansas: Samiksha Aitha, Liane Bdair, Afraah Hawa, Ella
Heitmann, Daniel John
Kentucky: Jackson Robbins, Isaac Stricker
Louisiana: Elliott Gomes
Massachusetts: Madison Cable, Matthew Church, Aden Geonhee
Lee, Tain Leonard-Peck, Chen-An Lin, Prisha Shrivastava,
Jason Zhou
Maryland: Ellis Chung, Elijah Cockey, Isabel Cockey, Mason
Denny, Emily Dong, David Hamman, Zander Hine, Adam Jackson,
Jessica Li, Aidan McCrohan, Amari Mhoon, Rithwik Reddy,
Andrew Sha, Joseph Simak, Guy Taylor, Boyan-Jise Tiwang
Michigan: Elizabeth Cook, Benjamin Hayes, Miles Hopkins,
Grace Pantea, Jeff Roseman
Minnesota: Alluri Akshay, Jonathan Erickson, Abigail
Hudson, Gabriella Hudson, Mark Swanson
Missouri: Brandon Barrett, Lydia Brodbeck, Alex Chen, Cole
Dannull, Gianna Francis, Lindsey Gordon, John Hayes, Savannah
King, Melissa Matlalcuatzi Pluma, Liam Smith, Alina
Stribling, Helton W. Walker, Ethan Wood
Mississippi: Hayden Barnett, Ashley Grace Bassett, Colt
Bergman, Lauren Hobson, Hannah Sanders
North Carolina: Nachammai Annamalai, Hannah Bauer, Ava
Beninati, Lula Bovino, Sabrina Bradford, Mina Cayli, Ayse
Civelek, Ava Copeland, Ciela Crane, Philip Dai, Jonah
Dickerson, Anna Goldsmith, Rayna Hamilton, Karis Hunt, Ameya
Kandula, Avery King, Ally Kryzalka, Sloane Lewis, Sofia
Liotino, Robert Lyda, Caroline Mautner, Graham Mills,
Niharika Parui, Dawson Raynes, Shravan Selvavel, Hemharsith
Sivakumar Gayathri, Asmithaa Vinukonda, Katya Withrow,
Allison Witte, Truett Wolf
Nebraska: Meruni Are, Alejandro Gonzalez Ba os, Francisco
Gonzalez Ba os, Landry Lehan
New Hampshire: Adele Mamedova
New Jersey: Suheyla Akman, Riya Atluri, Burak Cebe, Canon
Chiu, Autumn Chiu, James Crowley, Jack DeVirgilio, Kaitlin
Dowling, Sriram Elango, Ryan Gilmartin, Alyssia Gomez,
Nathaniel Han, Riya Jain, Rohan Jay, Ahmet Kaval, Muhammed
Keskin, Elif Kilinc, Jonah Klein, Naishada Kotagiri, Emily
Kukal, Sonal Lakhani, Chase Mazur, Benjamin Miller, Tyler
Minn, Senthilkumar Nithyanandam, Udgita Pamidigantam, Rishi
Parikh, Rahil Patel, Dev Patel, Samhita Pokkunuri, Mili
Raghavan, Pallavi Routray, Shaunak Sabbani, Gavin Tripido,
Jonathan Yoo
Nevada: Jenna Becker, Lorelani Riley Ladislao, Taha Lahlou,
Diesel Leano, Jia Mahesh, Emily Mattox, Ignatius Miller,
Gianna Nakhle, Randy Pahang, Momoka Utsumi, Tamara Young
New York: David Barlow, Jonathan Barlow, Luke Bonifacio,
Ethan Chiu, Lillianna Cognato, Yana Dhingra, Victoria
D'Ovidio, Thomas Fernandez, Cassandra Fitzpatrick, Akshar
Gopa, Miyana Holden, Ava Johnson, Riha Kyatham, Ryan Leonard,
Jasmine-Sixian Li, Nitin Malepati, Ciara McGroary, Phillip
Muller, Viraj Pahuja, Ana Lee Palmer, Saharsh Peddireddy,
Sahil Polepalle, Alexander Ren, Hailey Richman, Ziyue Wang,
Haluk Yavas, Eugene Yoo, Elle Yormak, Youwei Zhen
Ohio: Laasya Acharya, Pragalya Arumugam, Micah Burkhard,
Shashank Chanamolu, Zachary DeVor, Adam Howe, Gabrielle
Kirwin, Madeline Morrison, Megha Nadagouda, Maya Nayar,
Carter Norvell, Naisha Patel, Keeran Patel, Meera Rajeev,
Vaidika Ravi, Maggie Skelly, John Snethkamp, Keshav Sriram,
Shreemayi Trichy
Oklahoma: Andrew Ebert, Timothy Martin, Anna Parry, Alanya
Abou-Elmajd
Oregon: Sophia D'Antonio, McKenna Erickson
Pennsylvania: Maura Campbell, Eleanor Day, S bastien
Guillotin, Lucas Hayes, Ryan Kraychik, Delia Maldonado,
Sabrina Maldonado, Alex Porambo, Shivika Varshney, Vanessa
Wehinger, Max Zhang
Puerto Rico: Gerardo Juan Jos Mena-Fernandez, Meghna
(Chili) Pramoda
South Carolina: Alex Bohnen, Grant Bohnen, Harmonie
Frederick, Nina Gallo,
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Tyler Hanson, Caitlyn Horton, James Reaves, Alexander Ring
South Dakota: Grace Belcher, Ronan Maher
Tennessee: Jaishva Bhatt, Daniel Clark, Joshua Clark,
Zeynep Dibi, Ethan Elder, Blake Freeman, Rachel Oppmann,
Hannah Skaar
Texas: Heather Adams, Alyssa Anderson, Nikita Basappa,
Praneel Bhagavatula, Brooke Carol Billedo, Mehmet Bisen,
Andrew Boisson, Nicholas Boling, Ethan Bosita, Carson Bosita,
Oliver Burke, Ananya Chandak, Josh Chandra, Sanjith Chandran,
Riya Chauhan, Elijah Chen, Isaiah Clark, Shloak Dalal, Charli
Davis, Dominique de Waal, Anagha Deepak, Thomas Dorsey, Andon
Epp, Nursel Eski, Mahek Goel, Kyler Hester, Abdullah Hussein,
Jonah Ismael, Sally Ismael, Trisha Jha, Abraar Khan, Shiza
Khan, Ivy Koh, Kaden Mabey, Tanya Mahesh, William Martin,
Margot Martin, Justin Mathew, Ayaan Moledina, Abi Newell,
Nayonika Pande, Aryan Patel, Aliya Patel, Duane Pfeiffer,
Aditi Ramesh Iyer, Shawn Ray, Aubrey Reeves, Zeynep Sahin,
Justin Simms, Nikhil Srinivas, Suhaani Srireddy, Julian
Stewart, Daniel Thomas, Gracie Wakefield, Sophia Wei, April
White, Hazel White, Benjamin Who, William Witherspoon
Utah: Anvar Boskailo, Elorah Dobrinski, Zuhal Kariparduc,
Katherine Kim, Alexandar Straley
Virginia: Timothy Cline, Rudra Dave, Eren Demirel, Nicholas
Flanigan, Namith Gangireddyvari, Kendan Hopkins, Begum
Hussain, Zara Sophia Javeri, Evan Kinsel, Joshua Lee, Pierson
Lee, Daniel Lian, Yashvir Sabharwal, Serena Sindhi, Rishika
Singh, Mark Wilson, Burhan Yasakci, Mert Esat Yercel
Vermont: Katherine Bartlett, Megan Henderson
Washington: Irene Batta, Celeste Blair, Sara Cambron,
Amalia (Molly) Dudley, Lauren Evans, Varshini Hari, Jason
Kim, Ryan Kinder, Lilah Moore, Betul Orhan, Raigan Ryhter,
Naren Selvam, Jonathan Tang, Liam Urie, Anisha Vaish
Wisconsin: Jessica Becker, Michael Brierton, Sandra
Brierton, Pranav Nair
Wyoming: Thomas Audley, Jonnina Edmunds, Cambry Jenks,
Aidan Kim-Miller, Caleb Miller, Jackson Neishabouri, Elise
Newton, Hunter Sabat, Isabell Salas, Aubrey Smedley, Greyson
Smith, Ava Taylor
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